AI giants push for government shield as China narrows frontier gap
An opinion piece argues that Anthropic and OpenAI are courting U.S. government intervention to regulate and finance their growth, portraying them as potentially too big to fail while frame-forged fears about AI danger. It notes rapid improvements by Chinese open-weight models, recent sandbox breaches, and calls from policymakers and industry figures to pace or regulate AI progress. The author contends that delaying innovation could backfire by widening the tech gap with China, encouraging a U.S.–China AI arms race, and increasing reliance on government aid, while urging accountability for CEOs rather than broader exemptions for AI.